Hasta La Gadget!

This week’s Gadget Lab podcast is packed with brand-new, shiny goodies. Apple released new notebooks and Microsoft launched its first phones running Windows Phone 7.

Wednesday, Apple’s new MacBook Air debuts in two different flavors with 11- or 13-inch screens. We have an 11-inch Air here in the lab, and we wonder how to justify paying $1,000 for one of these when you can pay $300 for a netbook or $500 for an iPad.

As for Microsoft, Samsung was one of the first manufacturers to create a phone powered by Windows Phone 7. I reviewed the Samsung Focus, and I’m a big fan of the OS, despite some flaws and features it’s still missing.

Wrapping up the podcast on a sadder note, Wired.com’s Priya Ganapati discusses the future of the Symbian foundation, responsible for the OS behind most Nokia phones, whose president recently resigned.

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Gadget Lab audio podcast No. 92

http://downloads.wired.com/podcasts/assets/gadgetlabaudio/GadgetLabAudio0092.mp3